Off to a good start

Yesterday I cut my blog a little short, but my daughter suggested we watch a scary movie together. Since I am usually persona non grata in her eyes these days I jumped at the chance. Due to her love of all things scary, I knew it would not be the last time I jumped. We settled in and watched The Invisable. I was relieved it was more thriller than horror, and was glad for our time together.

I began describing one part of my miracle morning, affirmations. The five I choose to memorize are:

I am forgiven and I will not be tormented by my past errors. 1 John 5:4

I am healed and sickness will not lord over my body. 1 Peter 2:24

I do not worry about everyday life. God knows my needs and meets them because I make His Kingdom my primary concern. Matthew 6:25

I forgive those whom I have anything against so that my prayers are not hindered. Mark 11:25

The Holy Spirit is my helper; I am never alone and I have the peace of God. Philippians 4:7

This ought to give me a good start.

Five out of six parts should be easy to incorporate. Prayer, reading my Bible, affirmations, visualizing, and writing. In fact these five can all be done in a half hour. It's the exercising and meal planning that will be the most challenging. For me it always has been.

The most important part of my success is taking some time each week to plan and prepare. It took me about three hours yesterday to cook, measure, chop and pack meals for the week. There is plenty of food, so no risk of starving. There is also plenty of variety, including carbs. But carbs are only consumed during the first three of the five meals. I bought some gluten free pretzels and one loaf of gluten free bread. As I transition I won't need these, but did not want to stop cold turkey.

Today is a day off from work for me so there is a little more flexibility in getting all of my workouts in. And staying on task with food. So here's to success.